3 papers
cs.CL2026
Auditing Google's AI Overviews and Featured Snippets: A Case Study on Baby Care and Pregnancy
Desheng Hu, Joachim Baumann, Aleksandra Urman +4
Google Search increasingly surfaces AI-generated content through features like AI Overviews (AIO) and Featured Snippets (FS), which users frequently rely on despite having no contr…
cs.CY2025
Visibility Allocation Systems: How Algorithmic Design Shapes Online Visibility and Societal Outcomes
Stefania Ionescu, Robin Forsberg, Elsa Lichtenegger +4
Throughout application domains, we now rely extensively on algorithmic systems to engage with ever-expanding datasets of information. Despite their benefits, these systems are ofte…
cs.HC2025
WEIRD Audits? Research Trends, Linguistic and Geographical Disparities in the Algorithm Audits of Online Platforms -- A Systematic Literature Review
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Aniko Hannak
The increasing reliance on complex algorithmic systems by online platforms has sparked a growing need for algorithm auditing, a methodology evaluating these systems' functionality…